Improvement in grain-binders



W. W. BURSON.

Grain Binder. No. 48,900. Patented July 25, 1865.

gruesas we@ .11Stookford,-in the county of lVin'niebago4 and ful lld-aehne for Binding Grain Iupon the lesv'cription'of the same, reference Abeing had 1 rt O :binder-with `the varm-A raisedand in proper position-. to". receive the ga-vcl. 'fthe'. tying device, viewed from beneath. -Fig. i 4 S'hows'bo'ok c.- qFig. 5 showshook a. Fig. G- f.:show s hookd..- f d 'ilyinvention'bas reference to the bindingstring; [and consistsA of certaincombinations 'of platformujhich'receives the grain preparatory Yitsattachments,-pivoted at Y,'and'also cam-` #at-gawd g?, and is rotated by turning crank IIooksu and b movev'in grooves made in 1 Vand -S uponsaid shaft vgive motion to the, -li andlev'er'U, re'spectively,'bytberota- @tion of 'saidjshaft B. `The arm A, pivoted atv i ,-ivhicli lattferinl jointed at N'- to arm-guide B.

jtion at btol, in which arethe trunnions 3,

YAtightening-oord J is secured *.o fore-'arm A' weight-guide X, then througliloopof arm l A', and isvlix'stened to weight L, \vliich is 'also secured tothe end of weighbguide X. The

n Lever T is pivoted to arm A ats, and guided ff OFFIGE 'u'. wfg-vasos, or noo-renden, '1LLiNors y IMPROVEMENT IN cnam-BINDES;

'-.iSpcci/caion. jamming purt-ofletters Patent 48,900 daed'Jiclyb5, 1865'.

`.effi'tknown'that I, W. W.BURSON, of

ateof' Illinois, havev invented a new andA ifeapi-ngMachinc; and I dol hereby' declare. hat.' the. 'following is` a ful.l., clear, and exact the accompanying' drawings, forming a of'tliis specification, in the sgweraly figures Seine-'part Fig. 3 shows 'olf grain upon-the rcaper'with oord, twine, 'or- -i'e.vi ':e's,- hereinaftent'obe described.

'In the. drawing-,eilig 1,. M represents the to binding. Uponthis platform are-supported -the vuprights Q, whichsupport the arm A and grooves F- and E; The shaft D is supported .opposite sidesofsha'ft 1). The cam-'collars K 1 to nprigfhtsflis jointed-atN to fore-arm A',

A.rmguide`B"-lias al1-adjustable splice conneo.-`

Ymoving in fthe'cam-groove 0 of uprights Q. Lever' V, connecting B and'A, keeps them in proper relative position to each other.. The

at 4, then passes througr eyeletof slide YV, through loop 5 ol' arm and c velct 7 Vof spool R is secured to the rear end of arm A, and' h.as\voi1nd upoii it the twineor cord I.

:hure shoxvsaside'elevation of the'com :pleiemachine,jtlie upright Q .being removed to-,.;sh, Willie tying device.

`in its-movements; by the stud r moving in groove P of upright Q. Lever U is pivoted at t to arm A, and hasits front end jointedto the cord-.depresser W,-the rear end restin,g,' 4 upon thecam-collar S. Lei.' er o, 'pivoted at 'ze to the-uprigh'ts-Q, moves the catch a in the recess made in the platform'M.

iii-operating this binder, it is placed upon the reaper-platform in such positionl that the .'grain'can' be moved' from the apron on which ,which"sxmilar'characters of reference denote 5' o f Af; :and being drawn through, and the .eud'held inthe hand, the handle H is pressed down, bringing theond of the fore-arm .lf/. un# der the tying device,-the,crank C being in the spring-catch l. The twine is by this move'- lment: Draught WithinA hook a.. moved out, bringing the'catch 'u into vthe notch,

Lever o is then of fore-arm A', which holds it' in .its place. When the twine is thus brought within hook a, hold-tbe end with one. hand., with the other4 press down'the `springlcatch-l, and tnrr the crank-f C onerevolution slantingto the right hand.; This movement should bring the end of thotwine within book c, and theend which was-being held in the hand'should be out oi 'by the action of the cuttingpoint a' acting upon d of the receptacle m. Nonr take hold ot" handle l and raise the arm A 5 thetrunnions 3 of arm-guide B moying in grooves 0 of uprights Q. guide the point of foreiarm A by the action organo-guide B upon the outer end of fore-arm A. While the arm A is being raised theo-ear end of lever T is made to approach the spool R by the stud r moving in camgroove P. This movement' of leverT gives out a sufficient length of band material that none is needed to bedrawn from the` spool R while 'the arm A is being raised.l The arrangement of arm A issuch with groove 0 that the point of A is folded-close to thefront 'shieldf'oi'` the binder,`holding tbe'band material'ne'arly perpendicular and outof the way .of the gavel, which may be brought endwise or sidewise upon the binding-platform M,

' without endangering getting the gavel tangled inv the band material. AWhen the arm. and consequently the' hand material, are in the jointed thefposnion above assessed, Fig. 2, the

lgevel-is placed upon the'platform M, which guided by thetrunnions 3 moi-ing i'n camdescribed in raising the groove O, as just arm, and guided sdewise in the opening of the platforin lll'by,`the projections f and f, the better to insure the twine being brought in front of hook a.

around the gevel, also-the tightening-cord, the 'rear end of which, attached 'to weightL,

draws up said weight to'accommodate sheaves y of different sizes.

This movement of arm v1L,'c"a rryin ''with it lever T, guided in its motion by stud fv moving in groove P, brings down rear end of said lever, drawing the hand .tightly around the gevel, the tension of the band being regulated by compression put upon the spool R by means of the screw and Afriction-pad Z, hold-L ing said spool' upon the rear endl of arm A. This movement of lever T should draw off sutcie'nt .length of band material to enable the arm A tobe raised without drawing more from spool R.

The movements just described Should bring the two ends of the bandwithin hook a. Press down spring-catch b vsons to release crank C, which turn to the right one revolution, which rotates shaft l), whereby hook al is drawn up, following the direction givenby cam-groove E; and whenabout o ne' half the revolution is made, hoek '11, followingv the direction o f cam-groove F, is driven down through the loop formed'ou hook a, shoving the loop from the yback' part-:of4 saidfhook,

Fig, 3,' and awaits the movement ofhook c,

.which at' about three-fourths of the revolution is driven down by entering'cam groove K on shaft D, which releases thea-severed fend of the twine I, held by it, and,.pa'ssing below the twine stretched Vaboyje' the poi'nt'ot AJ, is drawnup-by the continuedf'rotation of shaft D, when the cuttingpointd, comin'gagainst the cutting-edge d of receptacle-plate m, seversA the spool portion ot' the band from'the sheaf portion. The hook c securely holds the severed end of .the bandmaterial by pressing against the receptacleplate m, while hook b draws the severed ends through the loop held by'hook a, which is 'then driven down by the cam in grooves E, releasing the knot, which is drawn off by the-removal of the `sheaf when the'arncl'` is partly up, the latch nA being. `first y,drawn ack. In the operations just described particular attention is directed to the following points:

First, the arrangement andjcombin'atiouziof arm A with the groove 0 of the upright Q, whereby thearm i's-folded -in such manner as tov hold the-band material I per,-v

peudieular and out of the way4 oi the 'gavel while being brought germ M; This disposal of the band material This movement of arm A' brings the two ends of tbe band vmaterial [gr draw out sufficient may fall whe #the lower end upon the binding-plat-` I is found to he of great advantage in allow ing the gevel to be brought up in good order for-binding, and avoiding the difficulty-here-v 4tofore'experienced in permittinga part ofy the grain to get hack of the .band material I, and consequently such portion would not be bound ,in the she'af, but would-lbs scattered over the' e eld. f A

Second, the 'band-controlling lever T, piv-4 'oted tothe arm A', and moved by.it,has its v lower end guided by the stud r,moving in oc rve. ]':.4 `fThil's lever isj Iso arran-ged'asto tightly 'around' the gavel, but also to enable the arm A 'to be raised without drawing from the, spool- R. This proper tension to be put on the band by simply regulating the pressure put upon the spool vby means' of' the screw Z, presenting: vtheadvuntage ot' aroundthe gavel, and at the same time dra'wI-'i ing sufficient length of twine from the spool yso that no 'more shall be needed in raising jthe arm, `which does notadd tothe labor of ting the arm down, and ,saves that amount;of,A labor in raising it.4 This lever T also present@- the advantage otallowing the-:band vmaterialito slacken while the fastening is being made an important-matter when wire' is used binding This is done by making a recess. theonter walljofgroove P, into which @fthe-arm is fully down, allowi of lever T to rise aA little,` which`v movement may lie-conveniently increased by] a iiyi`or stud r to pass over, instead of the recess above'deserihed.

Third, thehooka, in forming the'loop, must vdraw suiicizient length of twine from the sheafportion, or that surrounding thesheaf, to form such loop, which brings a, strain. upon..

the band= material, liable to break Vit wheng v-drawn tightly around the gavel. To obvia'te.

this,.di'culty, lever U- is pivoted upon the arrny A, `the rear end resting upon the cams collar S of shaft l), and the front end is at? tached to the upper end of cord-depresser W, through the lower end of which passes thetighteni'ng-cord J .l Now, the rotation of 'shaft D raises the rear end of lever U by means 'of the camfcollar S, thereby depressing the cord J., compressing the' gevel, and -saving vthe strain, upon the bandgmaterial heretofore 'referre'd to.

length of twine to term Athe loopcould be obtained by making the cutting .and holdingdevice, hook c, plate m', &c., movable, and arranged tofapproachthe shaft while the I strain by a spring which wonld yield when the strain was'incrensed beyond' that amount.V

Stili another plan to giv'e'such length would length of baud material ,froml the spool lt, not only to draw the band arrangement of arm A, 'lever T, groove P, and spool R, enables the drawing the bundtightlyl f Instead of the increased compression of the gavel justdescribed, the necessary hook.

pincher-jaws'on the ,foot-of said shaft, conveniently closed by rotating them within a be tomake the holding-surface of the hook cv broad, so as to hold a greater length of end of twine, and allowing it to be drawn out by .the rotation of hook a. Either of these plans would obviatc the too great strain upon the twine in forming the loop. Still an increased compression upon` the gavel while the loopis l being formed is deemed the best.

Fourth, the primaryobject ot"hook a is to form'the loop through which hookib may draw the severed ends of the twine to form aperfect knot. This loop may be formed by a hook on the foot of shaft l); but, since the twine must be'lower than the point ofsuch hook, it is diiiicult to get the\twine upon such The loop. may also be formed by ca mcircle. The greater length ot twine rc. quired to form the loop,and greater hinderance tothe passage of the twine under them, with greater exactness of mechanism, 'than by the employment ot' hook a, are the objections to the uscot' pinchers in fori-ning the loop.- It -willbe noticed that the hoek (L is moved for,-

ward as'it is raised, to add tb the certainty of securing the hold upon the twine, and when the revolution isl about one-halt' made the hook is raised still higher, which brings the Ytwine against 'sidesot' the groove in which hook a mioves, which. may bc constructed to hold it w th any degree of tightness, giving inthis respect 4all the advantage ot' pinchers for that purpose, while its being thus drawnup allows the twine to pass freely under itboth very desirable considerations. When hook b has drawn the severedends of the twine through the loop, hook a isdriven down, slippingoii' .the now perfect knot, and

being 'in a convenient place to receive the ltwine for the next ba nd. l

Fifth, hook a., being placed eccentric upon shaft l), byits rotation brings the twine into the notch or recess of receptacle m, andthe further rotation 'of theshaft D brings. the

. twinejagainst the belayiug-point h on the foot Aof shaft d), Fig. 3. This bclaying-point, in

.connection with the notch or recess in the mptaelc-plate m, prevents the severed endsl from being drawn out beyond the reach ot' hookvb, rendering-a certainty of tying a per fect knot.

Sixth, the project-ions jand f in the openi flug of thc platt'orm'M, by throwing the end of A sidewise, assist -in securing the proper 'i bringing ot the band-material in hook n.

Seventh, the o bject of catch n is to securely f hold down the end of arm A while the knot f Ais being tied, as it would interferel with the 4operation of tying the knot if the arm is allowed to'move 'back before the k'not is tied.

Instead ofthe lever o to move the-catch n,

said.- catch could be moved. by-a springer weighted lever bywell-knownmechanical de` vices, the object aimed at being the same-to hold down the arm A/ while the knot is being' tied.

Eigh'tlnthe tightening-cord J is pass-edv through the eyelet ot' lever X, so that a greater length ot said cord may be taken up,

and given eut by the movement of the rear en d ot' lever A than it' passed through a sinfre loop and thcnffastencd to weight L. This arrangement 'brings cord ...T more eectivy around a small sheet, and at the same timegives more length of cord in raising arm A toenable the sheaf to be removed. passing through vthe eyelet in lever X, the cord J may be passed through an eyelet or staple permanently secured to the binder foundation. In either case substantially the same results would be obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to c laiin as my invention is- 1 The arrangement ofthe jointed Varnrf'g" with the groove O to hold vthe band material perpendicularand out ofthe way of the gavtg, substantially as described, and for the purposes -setforth.v

-2. The combination and arrangement -of lever '1" with cam-grooves l. and spool R, sub stantially as described, ,and for the purpose set "foi-th.

3. Thecombination of lever U, camcollar S; and pitman lV withtightening-cord J, substantially nu described, and operating for the purpose set forth.

' 4. The combination ot' hook a with shaft l) and groove E, constructed substantially as described, land operating for the purpose set forth.

l5; The combination of hooks a. and b, con? structed and operating substantially as described. .2 i u, '.lhe combination of hook c, provided with the cutting-[mint d', with the receptacleplnte m, having the cutting-edge d', operating substantially as described, and-for the purposev set forth.`

7 The combination and arrangement of the belaying-point h and recess of receptacle-plate m with hooks a. and b, operating for the purpose set forth.

8. The projecting blocks f and f on alternate sides of the opening in the'platform M,

operatin g for the purpose set forth.A

9. The combination of latch a, lever o, and forearm A', constructed substantiallyas describd, and operating for the purpose set forth.

= W. W. BURSON.

Witnesses:

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